Chapter 737 Chinese films have a long way to go!
Sister Sun has been staying at Lin Weimin's house for almost four years. Anyone can see that Sister Sun actually doesn't want to leave.
Whether in terms of salary or welfare benefits, it is difficult to find a family as good as Lin Weimin's in Yanjing.
Unfortunately, reality is so helpless.
The daughter-in-law's parents have not retired yet, and both the son and daughter-in-law have to go to work. If there is no one to take care of them, the future life of this young couple will be extremely difficult.
Lin Weimin did not let Sister Sun stay until the end of the month. Instead, he asked Zhou Jun to pick her up two days after Sister Sun talked to him. His salary was also paid at the end of the month as he had said in advance.
Zhou Jun came into the yard to pick up his mother, looking a little embarrassed.
Sister Sun had a lot of luggage, many of which were gifts from Tao Huimin. Tao Huimin asked Zhou Jun, "How are you leaving?"
"Teacher Tao, let's take the bus."
Tao Huimin said, "I'd better let me take you away. You have a lot of stuff."
Without giving Sun Jie and her son a chance to refuse, Tao Huimin got into the car, and Zhou Jun had to put all the things in the trunk.
The car started and drove towards Zhou Jun's house. Tao Huimin chatted with Sister Sun and her son while driving.
Zhou Jun looked normal, but Sister Sun was a little depressed.
By the time Zhou Jun arrived and took the things down, Sister Sun had already calmed down.
Tao Huimin thought about what Lin Weimin had said to her, hesitated for a long time and finally said nothing.
Although Sister Sun has been at home for almost four years and we are as close as family, we are not family after all, and outsiders have no way of interfering in other people's family affairs.
Sister Sun quit her job, leaving Sister Qin as the only nanny at home. Logically speaking, Xiao Doubao is grown up now, so one nanny is enough.
But the work that was originally done by two people was now done by one person, which meant that the workload had increased in disguise. Tao Huimin and Lin Weimin discussed it and asked Li Guangfu to help find a nanny.
In the past two years, Li Guangfu's business has grown again. His home decoration company, agency company, and employment agency company have become bigger and bigger. Although each business is not a leading industry, with the integration of resources, they complement each other and tend to develop into a group company.
As his wealth rapidly expanded, Li Guangfu became more and more low-key. After driving a Daihatsu for many years, he finally replaced it with a Volkswagen Santana worth RMB 200,000 last year.
The Santana stopped at the door of the house, and Lin Weimin joked, "Boss Li is becoming more and more low-key."
"When it comes to being low-key, I can't compare with you!"
As soon as they met, Li Guangfu showed his symbolic smile, which made people feel good about him.
"Don't send people off in person anymore. It makes me feel embarrassed." Lin Weimin warned.
"Look at what you said. I'm not doing this for you. I'm mainly worried that my subordinates are ignorant, so I want to tell them the truth."
The new nanny's surname is Qian. She is in her early forties and is from a suburban county near Beijing. She is very close to Li Guangfu, so in his words, "I know her well and feel at ease using her."
"Thanks for your hard work!"
After Li Guangfu introduced the new nanny Sister Qian, Lin Weimin patted him on the shoulder affectionately.
"You're welcome. It's my honor to serve you!" Li Guangfu said jokingly.
Tao Huimin took the new nanny Qian Jie to familiarize herself with the situation at home, while Lin Weimin chatted with Li Guangfu.
When Shi Zhiban retired, Li Guangfu attended the retirement banquet. During his conversation, he expressed his nostalgia for the days when he acted in the People's Art Theatre. At that time, everyone joked that he should go back to act in the People's Art Theatre.
Last year he really went back to acting, but he either played the leading role or a minor role with only a few lines and two or three minutes of stage time.
Back then, he played the leading role in a big drama in the People's Art Theatre, but after so many years, he turned around and played a minor role. Li Guangfu felt quite emotional when he talked about it.
"It's really a life of vicissitudes. I never thought that I would start a business and acting would become a hobby."
Lin Weimin joked, "You won't blame me for ruining your dream of acting, Mr. Li, right?"
"Zhu Chongba only missed the pearl jade white jade soup after he became emperor. If he was still a beggar, it would be leftover rice, cabbage and tofu soup."
What people admire most about Li Guangfu is his always sober and open-minded attitude towards life. Acting is now just a hobby for him and it is a way to enjoy life. He knows that if he really returns to the People's Art Theatre and takes a meager income of a few hundred yuan, he will not be able to adapt.
"By the way, I heard that you have been tinkering with a TV series recently?" Li Guangfu asked.
Lin Weimin looked surprised, "How did you know that?"
"Oh! Yanjing is only this small."
"What's going on? Boss Li wants to promote a big Sasami?"
"Please don't make fun of me. I just have some spare money and want to invest it. Besides, I can also advertise the companies I own."
Lin Weimin looked at Li Guangfu. At this moment, Li Guangfu was no longer that "little brother" in his eyes. Wasn't this the best gold (yuan) master (zhong)?
"Aren't you afraid of losing money?" Lin Weimin asked.
"Look at what you said. I'm happy to lose money if I follow you! Besides..." Li Guangfu said this with a sly smile, "How can I lose money in the business you handle?"
Lin Weimin also laughed. "Ours is a copyright operation. You pay a lot, but you may not have much say."
"Why do I need a say? Just make money!"
"Okay. With your great help, Boss Li, we have completed half of the copyright operation." Lin Weimin said with a smile.
He didn't expect to get a surprise from Li Guangfu today.
"Then I will set up a film and television company and make a living from you."
"That's the opposite of what you said. We should be the ones relying on you for your favor!"
The two chatted and laughed, and then agreed on the matter.
During the entire process, Li Guangfu never talked about the amount and share of investment, and his words and deeds sounded more and more like a big boss.
After Li Guangfu left, the new sister Qian had almost become familiar with the house, and the rest was left to the old sister Qin to take care of her.
Today is the weekend, and after dinner Tao Huimin suggested going to a movie.
"I heard that American movies are being shown in Haidian now, they're really good!"
"I want to go! I want to go!"
Before Lin Weimin could speak, Xiao Doubao was the first to express her support for her mother's decision. Although she didn't understand the movie, she liked to join in the fun.
"Your mother didn't say to take you!"
After Lin Weimin finished saying this, the little boy's eyes were instantly filled with tears. He looked at his mother pitifully, as if he would start crying if he didn't agree with her.
Tao Huimin frowned and glared at Lin Weimin, "Why are you teasing her?"
Then he kindly said to his daughter, "How about the three of us go to the movies together?"
The tears in Xiao Doubao's eyes instantly flowed back, two dimples appeared on his face, he clapped his hands excitedly, and the hair on his head swayed back and forth.
"Let's go to the movies! Let's go to the movies!"
The American movie currently showing in the cinema in the HD zone is "The Fugitive".
On August 1, the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television issued Document No. 384: Starting from 1995, China Film Corporation will import ten good films each year that basically reflect the world's outstanding civilization achievements and contemporary film art and technology achievements through the internationally accepted split-revenue distribution method.
Logically, international co-production films should have started to enter the country in January 1995, but China Film Corporation took the lead in contacting several giant film companies including Hong Kong's Golden Harvest and the United States' Warner Bros., intending to conduct a pilot project.
So, in October of this year, "The Fugitive" became the first Hollywood blockbuster introduced to China.
Because it was introduced on a pilot basis, "The Fugitive" was not screened on a large scale across the country, and was only screened in Yanjing.
But the process was not smooth. China Film Corporation's rash introduction of Hollywood films caused strong concerns among distribution companies across the country. Yanjing Film Company even directly refused to screen "The Fugitive" in the capital.
China Film Corporation had no choice but to bypass Yanjing Film Company and hand over the film to HD Zone Film Company for screening.
Finally, the HD District Film Company, despite pressure from the Yanjing Film Company, screened "The Fugitive" in 13 theaters in the district.
As soon as the movie was released, it was strongly welcomed by the citizens of Yanjing.
If the visual effects of "The Fugitive" are viewed from the perspective of future generations, it may not even be considered an entry-level blockbuster.
But in the 1990s, some ordinary people in China didn’t even know what special effects were and were shocked when watching Hong Kong movies, let alone Hollywood movies with explosive visual effects.
The cinema that Lin Weimin took his wife and daughter to see a movie was the Workers' Cultural Palace in the HD District. When they arrived at the cultural palace, there was a long queue at the ticket office, all of which were audiences buying tickets for "The Fugitive".
Needless to say, by the time Lin Weimin got to the queue, the movie tickets were sold out.
Lin Weimin was not panicked at all. He stood at the door of the screening room and shouted "Ten Yuan" to buy tickets. Immediately, someone came forward to sell tickets.
I spent thirty yuan to buy three movie tickets, which was very extravagant, and Tao Huimin complained about it.
"Can't you just come early to buy the ticket tomorrow?"
Teacher Lin said arrogantly: "I see hundreds of thousands of people every minute. If you ask me to queue up to buy tickets, it's not only a waste of time, but also a waste of money and life!"
"Not serious!"
The couple walked into the screening room while joking with each other, and soon the screening room was full.
"This movie is so popular. So many people watch it." Tao Huimin exclaimed.
“It’s fresh and has a good visual effect.”
After a while, the movie started. The opening subtitles were very long, lasting for more than ten minutes.
Only audiences of this era have the patience to sit through the entire movie. If it were shown in later generations, audiences would have cursed and stopped watching it.
If "The Fugitive" is categorized, it should be classified as an action-adventure film, with endless thrilling scenes. The audience in the theater exclaimed in surprise when the movie was being shown.
Even Lin Weimin, who has been baptized by the visual wonders of later generations, had to sigh that Hollywood was really awesome for being able to produce such realistic visual effects in the early 1990s.
"ah!"
Lin Weimin was sitting with his daughter Xiao Doubao on one side and Tao Huimin on the other. The scene in the film where the prison van Harrison Ford was riding in collided with the train was very shocking. His wife and daughter grabbed Lin Weimin from both sides.
Little Doubao was so frightened by the scenes in the movie that she went straight to Lin Weimin's arms. Lin Weimin held her in his arms, and she couldn't help but secretly watch the movie scenes through his fingers.
Although she was young and didn't understand what the movie was about, the pictures were very attractive.
The 130-minute movie finally ended and all the audience breathed a sigh of relief. In the past 130 minutes, their spirits and vision were like riding a long roller coaster, full of all kinds of thrilling and exciting unforgettable scenes, which completely refreshed many people's movie-watching experience of several years, more than ten years or even decades.
It turns out that movies can be shot this way?
Lin Weimin walked out holding the small bean bun in one hand, and Tao Huimin walked on his right.
"No wonder everyone loves to watch it, Hollywood movies are really good!" said Tao Huimin.
“It’s really beautiful, especially on the big screen, where the advantages of special effects are maximized.”
He discussed it with his wife for a few minutes, and then asked his daughter, "Doubao, was the movie good?"
Xiao Doubao hurriedly shook her head. She didn't say anything, but her expression had already told Lin Weimin.
The movie is so scary!
"Then you won't watch it anymore?" Lin Weimin asked.
Xiao Doubao hesitated for a moment and said, "Dad, you hold me in your arms from now on."
Lin Weimin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. How could he be so naive and playful at such a young age?
Then, he became melancholy again, thinking that Hollywood movies were terrible not only in their visual spectacle, but also in their appeal to all ages.
Faced with such an opponent, Chinese films, at least current Chinese films, are far from being the opponent's match.
Chinese films have a long way to go!
(End of this chapter)
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